Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1973. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Taniko through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 33
- 0 boys · 33 girls
- Most popular year
- 1973
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 1981. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Taniko’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Taniko is a Roman-alphabet rendering of たにこ. In Japanese usage, Taniko is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 多仁子.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Taniko
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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